Weather Records on 24 April 1979

664 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 April 1979. Highest significance: Barton, AU.

Key Facts for 24 April 1979

On 24 April 1979, 664 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
127 were record highs and 109 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 647 daily.
Barton set a monthly record daily precipitation of 75.0 mm (3.0 in) on 24 April 1979.
Across 169 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

664 stations

664 station records on 24 April 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 April 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Macumba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Rosedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Limoeiro Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Porteiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hluhluwe Game Reserve	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Colgate	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oklee	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Immarna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harlem	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Penedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yellow Grass	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barro Vermelho (Ibipitanga)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ear Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kettle Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warroad	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Summit	United States	Record snow depth	386.1 cm (152.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Altavista	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Evangelista de Souza	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kenora A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kulu Halt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Utuado	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
High Landing 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Roseau	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pedra Lavrada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dubois	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Exu (Novo Exu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Frei Paulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chesterfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.7 cm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Opheim 12 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

664 records

Records set or tied on 24 April 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 405, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 24 April 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	405
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 24 April 1979 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 647.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

578 broken records

Margins by which the 578 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1626.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 April 1979

Top 20 records on 24 April 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 April 1979	Barton, AU	monthly rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	54 years	72 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1979	Macumba, AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	87 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1979	Rosedale, US	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	70 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1979	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1979	Tempe Downs, AU	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	45 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 April 1979	Bloukrans (Bos), ZA	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1979	Lumpkin 2 SE, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	70 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1979	Homestead Exp STN, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1979	Limoeiro Do Norte, BR	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1979	Porteiras, BR	daily rain	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1979	Red Lake Falls, US	monthly rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1979	Hluhluwe Game Reserve, ZA	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1979	Colgate, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1979	Corning, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	74 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1979	Helena, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1979	Oklee, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1979	Biloxi, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1979	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	109 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1979	Ft Gaines, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	69 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 April 1979	Immarna, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1799 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1979. 1979 had 664 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 04-24 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1805	1
1806	1
1807	1
1809	1
1812	2
1815	1
1817	1
1838	1
1839	1
1842	1
1843	1
1852	3
1854	4
1855	2
1857	3
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	1
1872	2
1874	2
1875	4
1876	1
1878	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	3
1884	1
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1892	2
1893	3
1894	2
1895	3
1897	2
1898	4
1899	6
1900	1
1901	10
1902	3
1903	22
1904	9
1905	16
1906	25
1907	12
1908	21
1909	25
1910	46
1911	19
1912	11
1913	39
1914	15
1915	54
1916	24
1917	46
1918	112
1919	88
1920	51
1921	34
1922	56
1923	97
1924	155
1925	465
1926	353
1927	352
1928	319
1929	150
1930	659
1931	366
1932	218
1933	224
1934	297
1935	222
1936	188
1937	567
1938	191
1939	557
1940	501
1941	262
1942	614
1943	577
1944	571
1945	414
1946	487
1947	261
1948	501
1949	363
1950	635
1951	351
1952	507
1953	390
1954	547
1955	670
1956	642
1957	631
1958	693
1959	414
1960	1,283
1961	1,149
1962	669
1963	361
1964	498
1965	473
1966	539
1967	1,176
1968	897
1969	547
1970	963
1971	770
1972	398
1973	394
1974	708
1975	628
1976	523
1977	1,035
1978	389
1979	664
1980	1,157
1981	1,104
1982	862
1983	1,344
1984	745
1985	744
1986	1,009
1987	775
1988	756
1989	1,776
1990	1,208
1991	605
1992	669
1993	1,015
1994	862
1995	1,609
1996	1,273
1997	1,227
1998	1,085
1999	1,148
2000	1,110
2001	1,146
2002	1,052
2003	851
2004	774
2005	1,747
2006	844
2007	1,156
2008	799
2009	1,056
2010	753
2011	1,018
2012	2,024
2013	1,572
2014	494
2015	566
2016	480
2017	747
2018	740
2019	863
2020	544
2021	471
2022	596
2023	745
2024	387
2025	433
2026	571

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 250	577
250 to 500	0
500 to 750	0
750 to 1000	0
1000 to 1250	0
1250 to 1500	0
1500 to 1750	1